Across the Fence

from

The Hamilton Herald-News

November 19, 1981

 

By Arvord Abernethy

 

Did you get to hear the Anvil Shoot on the morning of Veterans Day? I still like to call it Armistice Day.

 

I didn’t go down there this year, but as I stepped outside to hear it better, there was a big full moon hanging in the west to give one a feeling of safety and peace. And there was not a cloud in the sky to hide its beauty. The air was crisp and invigorating, but was calm and peaceful as it could be.

 

All brought back that feeling of joy and happiness I had on that first Armistice Day in 1918 when I heard my first Anvil Shoot and felt that peace would be here forever. The poet described that feeling when he said, “God is on His throne, all is right with the world”.